Toy pistol.



PATENTED OUT. 4', 1904.-

E. A. SANGUINET.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1904.

NO MODEL.

Mizzes3e5 F Patented October 4, 1904.

UNTTET) STATns PATENT Orricn.

EDWARD A. SANGUINET, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO TRIO PATENTPRODUCTION COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPO- RATION OF MISSOURI.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,751, dated October4, 1904.

Application fil d February 23,1904. Serial No. 194,953. (No model.)

To all whom, it Wtcty concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SAN GUINET, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing myinvention applied to a toy pistol. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan View ofthe muzzle end of the pistol, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the obstructing member. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional viewof a modified form on line 4 4 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 is a similar viewon line 5 5 of Fig. 4. J

This invention relates to improvements in toy pistols or the like.

One object is to provide a pistol or the like adapted to fire blankcartridges with means for preventing the wad of the cartridge from beingdischarged from the pistol in the same manner in which a bullet isdischarged, this Wad in the pistols heretofore constructed notinfrequently striking and severely injuring persons.

A further object is to provide a pistol or the like with a holder forsome harmless missile, such as a rubber ball, so that this harmlessmissile can be discharged from the pistol upon the explosion of theblank cartridge.

To these ends, and also to improve generally upon devices of thecharacter indicated, the

invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described andclaimed.

The present invention has been shown applied to a pistol; but it will beapparent that it can be applied to a gun, a cannon, or the ike.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents a pistolof any convenient construction, a being the barrel of this pistol.

In the form of the present invention shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 1 isthe obstruction to the travel of the Wad any considerable distancebeyond the muzzle of the barrel, this obstruction being here shown as aplate integral with and at an angle to a stem 2, which has a portion 3dovetailed into a suitable receiving-socket 4:, formed in the exteriorof the barrel of the pistol. This stem is so placed upon the barrel thatthe obstructing-plate 1 is slightly in advance of but in line with thebore 5, so that the wad and the gases can readily escape from the barrelof the pistol, but

the wad strikes this obstructing-plate l and falls.

The cup or holder 6, adapted to hold some harmless missile, such as arubber ball X, has a reduced nipple 7, which fits tightly about the endof the barrel a and also fits over the stem 2, thus holding the saidstem in position. Furthermore, this cup extends about theobstructing-plate l,so that when the wad strikes this obstructing-plateit cannot scatter, but must fall within the cup, all chances of the wadstriking some one, and thus causing injury, being wholly removed. Itwill be readily apparent that when the rubber ball or other missile isheld in the end of the cup, thus closing the open end of this cup orholder, the gases expanding in the barrel of the pistol and in the cupwill discharge the ball.

In the form of invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 the cup 6 isapplied to the barrel (0, just as has been previously described, but theobstructor for the wad comprises simply a plate 1, extending across andspaced from the muzzle of the barrel, this plate having its endssoldered or otherwise suitably secured to the walls of the cup.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of the several parts of my'device can be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described without in the leastdeparting from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a firearm having an explosive-cartridge chamber,of an obstructing member outside of the barrel thereof, and spaced fromand in line With the bore to obstruct the passage of the Wad of the 5cartridge and permit the escape of gases, and

a cup having provision for holding a projectile to be acted upon by thegases; substantially as described.

2. The combination with a firearm having IO an explosive-cartridgechamber, of a missileretaining cup outside of the barrel, and meanscarried by the barrel for obstructing the movement of the cartridge-wadafter it leaves the barrel, said means permitting the free escape of thegas from the cartridge and from the 5 barrel; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature,in the presence oftwo Witnesses,this 20th day of February, 1904.

EDWARD A. SANGUINET.

WVitnesses:

GEORGE BAKEWELL, CORA BADGER.

